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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-08

How E.Allcmnnd Brought Manager
Locke to Terms.

A San Francisco special says: The
Noticnal Opera Company produced
Martha TO a small house last night,
with Pauline L'Alemand in the title
lole. This fact alone wGs sufficient
evidence that the financial troubles be
tween the pIima donna and the man
qgtmont had been satisfactorily adj
iusted. but il was not until to-day that
Tie story of the difficulty could be OBJ
tanned iiom John NJ. Chretien, the at
tolnty who has ekiliulIy managed the
case for L'Alemand The following
ddails were elected:
Miss L'Allemand receives 500 n
week. On Nonday the National Opera
Company will owe her %, 600 or g, 200.
Thee Is Il dispute about the exact
emount. She was cast for part IN
Nero. to be produced for the first time
here on that night, and | advised her
not to sing unless she was paid. She
accordingly made peremptory de-
mand on Manager Locke for her mo-
ney. he sent bis treasurer to her anu
tried TO reach an understanding, but
without success. Then Locke asked
Ter to cali 1t his hot,l. knowing his
emCoth manner ladyised her not 10 90,
aLd she accordingly remained at my OF
nCc,Whileanote was semitic Locke asking
what lie proposed TO DO. He haughtlly
stated that he had no communications
10 make to third parties In reply |
sent note saying, No pay, no sing.
Ia four minutes the smiling manager
Nas al NV Office. LAllemand having
retired TO another room, he made all
sorts Of promises, and finally sad be
expected check from Mrs. Thurber
next week, with which he would satisfy
the demand made by the prima donna.
He also said that her part III Nero
wasa small one, and he would cut it out
entirely if she refused to sing, and that
if she didn't 90 On the Stage she could
never appear with the National Opera
Company again.
IL refused to wait week. and Locke
finally said that he had in this city a
note signed by Mrs. 1hur6ar for sdii-
ci.nt to cover the amount asked for.
| BE then rushed off to see L'Allemand,
whom. II is needless to say, he failed 10
find. l happened to remember that
William Z. Coleman. leading mer-
chant of the Pacific coast, was friend
to the 1hurber family, so | wrote him
n note explaining the circumstances,
and asking if he would advance money
TO the amount of over 50, 900 ON a note
ofMrs. Jeanette Ihurber, alleged TO be
in the posse ssion of Locke. His reply
was No Therefore advised L'Aile-
mand not TO sing, AID her part in
'NeIo was cut out. Locke assumed
not to care, but | reminded him that
he lady had q leading part in Martha
adyeltised for Tuesday night, and asked
him what he was going to do about it..
He smiled as usual. Yesterday morn
ING he became anxious when he f0uad
that L'Allemand was in earnest. He
ni,d to bluff us by setting the stage for
'Crpheus instead of Martha, but the
scht me didn't work, and at the last
moment be came to terms. LAllc-
mand was paid and Martha WAS pro-
| Cuced.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-08
His summer Voice.
letter to the Providence JOarnal.l


In another English-opera company
formed for the summer months II WAS
found that the tenors were too light
for The rest of the chorus. The mana
Ger protested that there were voices
enough, and one of the singers was
questioned why he did not sing with
more force. He replied that c., the
leader of the tenors, didn't, and that
if c. would not sing out he was not in
clined to strain his throat to do the
work Of two. G. was thereupon inter
viewed, and his answer to the re-
monstlances of the manager was:
II am paid summer wages, and re-
fuse to sing in anything but my summer
voice"
II was thought that singer who con-
ceIned himself chiefly about the pre-
seryation of his voice for the regular
season was hardly the man to lead in
warm-weather troupe, and the engage
ment OF G. and his summer voice came
TO speedy termination.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-08
ROYAL VISITORS.
Eartoloui. wife OF tkainaaua T.,
King OF Hawaii. Now visit
ING In THIS Country.

Queen Kapiolani, OF Hawaii, and a
numerous retlnue are now in this coun-
try. She landed in Fan Francisco, and
is making her way across the continent,
..le is now in Washington, and will
shortly sail for England, where she viii
ray her respects TO Queen Victoria this
iu6ilee year. The royal party is under
The charge of Colonel Curtis laukea,
Governor OF Oaku, and the King $
Chamberlain. One OF its most interest
ing members is the Princess Lydia
EamaLeha Liliuokalani, who Is heir 70
the throne of Hawaii. This lady is the
Kings eldest sister. and married to
John Q. Dominis, Governor of Oahn.
She speaks English fuentIy, and in this
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-08

respect is decidedly ahead OF her royal
eistcr-in-law.
Queen Kopiolani WAS born Deem
Ter q. 1899. She looks much younger
han she really is. Ter husband, who
las lcen King since 1879, is two years
Ter Junior. Size has no children, and
cyrtnds the symrathies Of large aud
VAIN heart on needy subjects. 1t was
Nv Der oxeItiors--io mention one of
her good works that the KapiOlanl
Home for loper girls WIS founded. She
also interests herself IN the various
rutlic pardcns. schools. AMI hospitals
Of lie kingdom. She IS OF large size,
tout, and apparently vigorous. Her
conference is attractive by reason OF
It's czricss;on Of gcntlencss and sym
PATTY.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-08

The residuary estate of Samuel ]
Tilden, estimated TO be worth about
5000, 600, has been formally conveyed
to the members Of the Tilden Trust,
1t will be applied TO the purpose OF
purchasing and maintaining the Tree
library provided for by the dead states
mans viii.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-08
Princess LtIiuOIAalons. Heir 40 ;hc
Throne.

Falalaua 7. and his spouse, Kapioll-
nj. having no children, in April, 1871,
the Princes Ly dia Kamakeha Lllluo-
lalani. lister Of the king, WIS declared
by him hcir.apparent to the throne.
She is one OF the royal party now
visiting tie United States.
She was born IN Honolulu on sep
tomber2, 1898. According to custom
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-08
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-08

One Fnglishman who does not ad-
mire Lord Tennyson's later poetry
says the poet-laureate drinks d quart OF
port every day with his dinner.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-08
STUMP S
IRON AND WILD CHERRY tonic.
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-08
DENTS CABINET POLISH.

DOCK AND JOB WORK NEATLY
ID EXECUTED AT THE pIsPArcnPRiNr
ING-H0uSE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-08
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-08

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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-24

kota; for the sGm es On II w shD9ton Terri
tory toto the Union; repeating the timber
culture and Ire-emption laws; for the Tree
coinage OF silver; to provide ordnance for sea
coast defenses: to regulate immigration; ana
Cor an amendment to the constitution pro
hioiting the manufacture and sa'e Of intoxi
eating liquors.
Mr.. Beck introduced a bill for the retire.
ment OF lsg4l tender and national bank notes
OF small enomiuations and the Issue OF coin
cerlidcatfs la lieu thereof.
Mr.. "a - IRON introduced q bill to extend
the advan ages OF the e.ght.hour system to
letter ~carrlera.
Mr.. Etnunds offered a bin to provide for .
postal telegraph.
Mr.. Vance offered a bill to 70 emend the
civil service that the commission shall have
no power TO make any rule or regulation ex.
Guiding any applicant for examination and
appointment by reason Of age, nor for erasing
any one from list Of eligible because OF I me
imitation. AT the request Of any appsinting
oficer OF the government the commission
shall send TO hin the names of all who have
been xam'ned md found competent, from
which 10 make selection.
A bill was introduced TO authorize the sur
plus 10 be appropriated to the payment Of the
publ debt.
A bin to grant a service pension TO every
soldier and sailor disabled and TO pension de-
pendent ~relStiv,s II q CEASED soldiers; also
for the dlvi, Ion Of The state OF Dakota ard
the organization of the territory Of Lincoln.
Mr.. Wilson introduced a biz TO quiet the
title TO the Des Moines river lands.
Mr.. Turpie introduced u bin for the admis.
sion OF Washington and Dakota territories.
Mr.. Vest introduced \ bill TO II crease the
penson OF the widow of Gen. r. p. Blair.
Mr.. Reagan introduced n bill 10 amend the
Interstate commerce act, to bring express,
Pullman aid sleeping cars and cars owned by
private ~cltizans within its operation also
that competition between water and rail miles
shall not be held to create diSsiDilar circum-
8 'anses and conditions.
Mr.. Farw.ll introduced . bin TO repeal the
internal r. vel u tax on tobacco and m port
duties on sugar and tobacco, and to pay q
bounty Ut on and 80. 100 OF O cent TO the pro-
ducers OF raw sugar, also u bill " repeal the
tax 90 Oleomsrgarine.
Mr. Wilson OF Iowa, offered a bill to erect a.
pub ic building at Sioux City and at Fort
Dodge.
Mr.. Beck offered a resolution 10 direct the
committee on postal aft irs to inquire ss to
the anvisAbility OF reducing postage on letters
not exceeding enc ounce In weight to one
cent.
A resolution Was passed to IL au!re as to the
adv'sability Of establishing a postal telegraph.
Tne senate adjourned after an executive
session.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-24

WARRINGTON, ID C. ID. "A largc number OF
executive c"mmur icstiJns were laid before
the house hy the ~sJesker, and appropriately
referred, aud thea al 1910 = recess was taken
until ! O'Clock.
After recess. the speaker having called Mr..
Mills, Of Texas, to the chair, Mr.. Cannon, OF
Illinois, 'ff-red a resolution declaring that
The following nsmed gentlemen ehGli cousti.
tute the c. mmltt"e or Il ctions: Messrs.
Crisp. chairman, 0F-rraU, Cultivate, Barry,
Maish, Heard, Johnson, North Carolina
O'Nelll, Indiana: Moore, Rowell. Houk,
Cooper, Lyman, Johnson, Indlans, ana
Lodge. The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
the speaker then res umed the chair and di.
rected ali papers Ia the various contested cleo
ton cases to ne refer ed to the committe just
eleci ed
The house then adj uroel unit Friday.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-24
GENERAL WASHINGTON NEWS.
FRFEMEN's SAVINGS BAsK,

F~RfEMEN'S SAVINGS BANK.
WAsHlNGroS, Dec. l6-CouIouol Ter 7ren-
holm, t1-Jticlu comnis, ioner of the Freed
meu's Savings and Trust company, to-day
9 admitted 10 the house his annual reoort,
showing a b~alancc, Dec moer 3, Of It. 1911.
There are still due 400 claims, amounting 10
been m4Ge Tne available assets are esti-
mated II II? 9 Z aud are considered sufficient
for the payment 0. these ella IN. ohenever
ca ca for and n defraN Il z the Lecessary ex-
peuses of tue fi e. A. the commissioner OF
revenues saPgestiou, C 'ptained In bic asst re-
pert conc ~ ng tie payment by congress OF
the b,apce due drpositors, the comptroller
submits q Or + Of u bill for that purpose and
gu ,tts the recommended on that congress dis
charge is ylaiu daty Ia the IN tier.
LADS RESTORED.
Secretary Lamar to-day iesued an order
directing That ali lands heretofore Withdrawn
aud held for Indemnity urposes under grants
to the following railroads be restored to the
public do N lin ~ d offered to settlement and
die, under the general lsss, after giving the
usu.l notice: Burlington and Missouri
hlNcT, ii RD, ~ ihIhIN W. d'iuN, Sfbh
Rasids and Missouri r yer, Dubuque ard Pa
cidc, Chicago ard Pacific, and Chicago, Mil
wauke, 4 St. Paul, in Iowa; st. Joe and Den
yer City in Kansas; Chicago and Northwest
srn, IN Michigan and wi cons,n.
Arrangements are how being made at the
treasury department for the payment, Janu.
AIRY /, uext, Of sS,4l4 67o interest on United
States boLd, aud Pacific railroad bonds.
rhis ia Ia addition to $s4S 452 interest, which
wouli fall due on that date, but which has
been prepaid with rebate.
UTAH.
Asommittee OF citizens Of Utah, headed by
d ,iegste Caiue, t day waited Oh Speaker
carlisle and senator ingalls,, and y esented
to them C. pes OF the state constitution,
adopted at the Utah CONVEX ton.
THE BLAIR BILL.
The senate commi tee on edu"ation held a
meeting to-day and unanimously ordered a
favorable re port on the Blair educational bill.
1t will be re portsd as 1t passed the senate in
in the last congress.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-24

The result of MIR. Georges two
lectures in Chicago was a larg defcite
for his anti poverty disciples to make
up. This they have been unable to do
20 far. Mr.. George will do = good
deal to prevent the spread of poverty
if he gives up charging his friends for
his lectures.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-08
Profits of Raisin Culture.

Having been engaged in the culture of
the raisin grape for eleven years, | will
say that | have not realized, nor have |
seen Others realize, the enormous profits
that We SO often read about. The business
is good enough as it is, and why not tell
the truth about it? The first question
usually asked by the intending settler is:
What will vineyard pay? Most people
without experience seem to think that all
vineyards are alike, and seem to rever
think for moment that the cultivation of
the grape and the manufacture of raisins
is as much of business as anything else.
The old saying that "any fool can farm"
does not apply here. A good Muscat
vineyard after the fifth year, with good
cultivation, will yield from 100 to $50
boxes of raisins to the acre. a vineyard
is generally said to be in full bearing after
the fifth year, but cannot tell at what age
the vines arrive at their greatest perfec-
ton. My vines are now eleven years old,
and the last crop was the largest | ever
gathered, reaching $50 boxes per acre
One hundred boxes per acre is what
vineyard in good bearing should average,
taking several years together. If this
point is not reached it is more likely to be
the fault of the owner than the vines No
expensive machinery is required for the
making of raisins, or to prepare them for
market though the expense of labor is
considerable. Assuming that the fruit
raiser does no work, and all the labor has
to be paid for, the bill of expenses and re-
ceipts will be about like this, if proper
judgment be used: The total expense of
cultivating an acre of grapes is SIS; the
curing and packing of an acre of grapes,
making 100 boxes of raisins, SIS. The
average price for raisins for the last four
years has been about 81 60 per box. Put
ting the price at 81 so per box for the
four grades, we have total net profit of
$95 per acre. Many vineyards do better
than the above. My own does better. But
| give these figures TO show what may be
expected with reasonably good care. Vine
yards have been frequently known to pro-
duce grapes enough the first year after
planting to pay expenses of cultivation.
The second year brings from $50 to $50 per
acre gross; third year, $50 to $75.-Sdmta
Clara VALLEY.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-08
AgeinG Wines by Electricity

Last month when in San Francisco the
editor of the Pacific Fruit Grotrer had the
pleasure of meeting DIR. Edwin J. Traver,
the inventor of the new process for ageing
wines by the aid of electricity. We tested
several samples of raw wines treated by
this process and compared them with the
same wines not treated. The difference in
flavor is wonderful DIR. Fraser was the
first person to discover that by placing
new wines and liquors within the field or
influence of an electromagnetic helix, the
same changes were produced in them in
few days that required years in the cellar
by the old-time process. The discovery
was so entirely new that it required two
patents to cover it in the United States.
to-wit: One for the process and the other
for the apparatus 1t is said that broader
or more comprehensive patents were never
issued from the Patent Office. 1t is also
patented in France, Germany, Great Brit
ain, and in all the leading producing
countries of Europe The patents ali
cover broadly and without qualification
the use of the magnetic field or induction.
From experiments already made it is esti-
mated that, by the use OF the Fraser Pro-
cess," every gallon of new wine and brandy
produced in the State can be ripened and
fitted for sale or use before the next crop
comes in. 1t therefore obviates the neces-
sity of carrying stocks for period of
three, four or five years. 1t enables the
wine-maker to turn over his money every
year. By its use large proportion of the
expenses of maturing by age are saved,
such as interest, insurance, cellar-room,
cooperage, evaporation, labor and loss by
handling. In looking at the success of the
Fraser Process" from every point of view,
it is evident that its general adoption by
wine-makers will become positive neces-
sity. When its use becomes general no
man can make an honest living by the old
process in competition with the new one.
Pacific Fruit Gro~er.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-08
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The Condition of the Labor Market.

Altogether it is decided change that
has come over the labor movement within
a few months, and, all things considered, a
decidedly wholesome one. The unprece-
dented series of strikes inaugurated by the
Knights of Labor has resulted in one Sc
we're defeat after another for eighteen
months. The inevitable reaction will be
that the faith of the great body of I'M
skilled and half-skilled labor in the efficacy
of labor organizations will be greatly
shaken. The chances are that no such at
tempt to win an advanced position by
pitched battle all along the line will be
made again in great while. The phe-
nomenally rapid growth of the Knights
turned the heads of the majority of the
members, who found themselves, for the
first time in their lives, part of really
powerful body. They exaggerated their
strength, and each local assembly thought
that, backed by such numbers and any
amount of financial support, and armed
with the boycott, it could wrest from cap
ital anything it chose to demand 1t is
safe to say that that idea has been thor
oughly exploded. Future work will be
slow and constructive, and labor will under
stand what all of US have to learn sooner or
later, that all permanent success is built up
by conservative methods on basis of solid
attainments of character and self-control.-
Work and Wages.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-08
POULTRY NOTES.

Poultry to do well must be kept free
from lice.
The best floor for poultry is the bare
earth, kept dry and clean.
a hen that attends to business, and is
properly cared for, will lay her weight in
eggs in two months.
Raw onions chopped fine and mixed
with food twice q week, is better than
dozen cures for chicken cholera.
Powdered charcoal mixed with soft feed
assists digestion and prevents disease. 1t
is also an excellent purifier.
1t is good plan to have two sets of
roosting poles for the hens, and change
them each week, setting them outside
when not in use.
To increase egg production, put few
ears of corn in an oven and reduce to char
coal, and feed to fowls two or three times a
week.
The most convenient way to prepare a
rolling place for fowls is to lay rough
floor of old boards on the ground, fasten
boards one foot high all around the sides,
and fill the apartment with ten or twenty
bushels of dry loan, read dust or coal
ashes.
There are two WAYS to distinguish ducks
from brakes. One is that the duck calls,
"Quack, quack, quack," while the drake
only makes a sort of wheeling sound, as if
the head was stopped up with cold. The
other distinguishing feature is seen in the
brakes tail, the ends of the main feathers
slightly curling back while the ducks are
straight.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-08
Human Remains as Medicine.

Such details as all these are apt to sound
to us strangely unreal as we read them
somewhat in the light of travellers tales
with reference to far-awav lands; but it
certainly is startling when, for the first time
We realize how exactly descriptive they are
of the medicine-lore of our own ancestors
in TRUTH to this day we may find among
ourselves some survivals of the old super
stitions still lingering in out-of-the-way
corners. Thus it is only few years since
the skull of suicide was used in Cath
ness as a drinking-cup for the cure of cpl
lepsy. Dr. Arthur Mitchell knows Of
case in which the body of such one was
disinterred in order to obtain her skull for
this purpose.
1t was, however, accounted a more sure
specific for epilepsy to reduce part of the
skull to powder and swallow it. Even the
moss which grew on such skulls was deemed
certain cure for various diseases. Nor
was this simply a popular superstition. In
the official Pharmacopoeia of the College of
Physicians of London, A. D. 1878, the
skull of a man who has died a violent
death, and the horn of a unicorn, appear
as highly approved medicines. Again, in
l124, the same pharmacopeia mentions
unlcorns norm, human fat, and human
skulls, dogs dung, toads vipers and worms,
among the really valuable medical stores.
The phi 'rmacoppia was revised in 1742,
and various ingredients were rejected but
centipedes, vipers and lizards were re-
tanned.
Nor were these strange compounds pre-
pared for human subjects only. In the
Anglers Wade Mecum," published in
1851, anglers are recommended to use an
ointment for the Turing of fish, consisting,
among other horrible ingredients, of mans
fat, cats fat, heron's fat, asafetida, finely
powdered mummy, camphor, oil of laven-
der, etc; and it was added that mans fat
could be obtained from the London chirur-
geons concerned in anatomy-lGss c. +.
Gordon Cumming in Popular Science
Monthly.